Israel-based startup Porticor launches this week with technology aimed at
giving enterprises a way to encrypt data held in cloud computing services,
including those from Amazon and Rackspace.
Porticor Virtual Private Data is focused on protecting data at rest in
cloud-based computing centers where customers rent disk space or servers,
says Gilad Parann-Nissany, Porticor’s co-founder and CEO. What Porticor is
doing that’s distinct is relying on a so-called “split-key” method in
which the service to encrypt and decrypt doesn’t work unless both pieces of
the key are together.
The enterprise customer holds what Porticor calls the “master key,” and
the idea is to foster trust by putting the customer in complete control.
“We don’t have the customer master key,” says Parann-Nissany. In fact,
the service provider doesn’t even see the master key in the encryption
method th... (more)
CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/16/12 -- Nexen Inc. (TSX, NYSE: NXY)
today reported 2011 fourth quarter and annual operating and financial
results, and provided a progress update on its strategic priorities for 2012.
In the fourth quarter, we generated cash flow from operations of $585 million
($1.11/share), reflecting a 12% increase in production over the third quarter
to 208,000 boe/d (193,000 boe/d after royalties), and cash netbacks from oil
and gas operations of $42.85/boe (after-tax).
Net income was $43 million ($0.08/share), reflecting one-time, after-tax
charges of... (more)
ATLANTA, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK) today
announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended
December 31, 2011.
Highlights for the fourth quarter include:
Net income of $4.2 million or $0.04 per shareAdjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP
measure) of $81.6 million Operating cash flow (a non-GAAP measure) of $50.6
million Ending cash and marketable securities balance of $241.4 million
"We have made significant progress in EarthLink's continuing transformation
to an enterprise IT services company," said EarthLink Chairman and Chief
Execu... (more)
Originally posted on thewhir.com
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — As security within the cloud continues to be
one of the top concerns for many companies and end users, cloud-based data
security provider Porticor has officially launched its Porticor Virtual
Private Data System service to ensure that customers’ data stored in the
cloud is fully secure.
The Porticor VPD system is comprised of Porticor Virtual Appliance and the
Porticor Virtual Key Management Service to deliver high level of data privacy
in a public environment for data protection, as well as being compliant with
regu... (more)
SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/16/12 -- Wyse Technology, the global
leader in cloud client computing, today announced it's working with Microsoft
to market school IT labs and one-to-one computing solutions that allow a cost
effective delivery of innovative IT enabled education. These solutions are
available through Wyse and Microsoft education channel partners to
educational institutions worldwide.
Among the solutions for education are: an entry level shared computing option
for school computing labs combining Wyse zero clients and Microsoft Windows
MultiPoint Server 2011, o... (more)
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